Claw hammer



Jan. 12, 1960 L. c. SHELTON 2,920,869

CLAW HAMMER Filed Oct. 17, 1957 /2 5 Fly 3 /0/ Leslie 6. She/fanmmsmoza.

- BY 2mm United States Patent CLAW HAMMER Leslie C. Shelton, Unionville,Mo. Application October 17, 1957, Serial No. 690,733

1 Claim. (Cl. 254-26) The present invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in claw hammers and has for its primary object to provide,in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a tool of this character which isparticularly adapted to pull long as well as short nails with minimumeffort and without marring the work.

Another important object of the present invention is to provide animproved claw hammer of the character described which may be readily usefor nail pulling and ripping.

Other objects of the invention are to provide an improved claw hammer ofthe aforementioned character which will be comparatively simple inconstruction, strong, durable, compact and which may be manufactured atlow cost.

These together with other objects and advantages which will becomesubsequently apparent reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, whereinlike numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an improved claw hammer constructed inaccordance with the present invention;

Figure 2 is a view in longitudinal section through the head, takensubstantially on the line 2-2 of Figure 1; and

Figure 3 is a view in horizontal section, taken substantially on theline 3-3 of Figure 1.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, it will be seen that theembodiment of the invention which has been illustrated comprises a headof suitable metal which is designated generally by reference character4. The head 4, which may also be of any desired dimensions, is mountedon one end portion of a conventional handle 5.

The head 4 includes an elongated eye 6 for the reception of the handle-5. Formed integrally with the .forward portion of the eye 6 is a poll7. The periphery 8 of the poll 7 is substantially flush with the upperor outer end 9 of the eye 6.

13 of the eye 6.

Integral braces in the form of rockers 14 are provided for the claw 10.The rockers 14 extend from the forward end portion of the eye 6 to theouter or free end portlons of the claw fingers 11 with which saidrockers merge and between said eye 6 and said free end portions arespaced from said fingers. The inner ends of the rockers 14 are flushwith the forward end 9 of the eye 6.

It is thought that the use of the tool will be readily apparent from aconsideration of the foregoing. Briefly, the claw 10 is engaged beneaththe heads of nails to be extracted in an obvious manner. The tool isthen rocked on the members 14 for pulling the nail. The construction andarrangement of the head 4 is such that long nails may be readily pulledwithout the necessity for inserting a block between the tool and thework. The relatively short, slightly curved claw 10 also adapts the toolfor ripping off boards, etc.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles ofthe invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes willreadily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limitthe invention to the exact construction and operation shown anddescribed, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalentsmay be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention asclaimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

A tool of the character described comprising: a hammer head including anelongated eye for the reception of one end portion of a handle, a clawintegral with the rear end portion of the eye, said claw includingshort, curved fingers comprising free ends substantially in the plane ofthe rear end of the eye, and integral curved rockers extending betweenthe free end portions of the fingers and the forward end portion of theeye and terminally merging with the free end portions of said fingers inthe plane of the rear end of the eye, whereby to provide a short clawand rockers of slight curvature with the rockers extending to the freeends of said fingers.

Nieuwsma Dec. 13, 1949

